The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border /

The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border / / Michael J. Pisani, Chad Richardson.

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Much has been debated about the presence of undocumented workers along the South Texas border, but these debates often overlook the more complete dimension: the region’s longstanding, undocumented economies as a whole. Borderlands commerce that evades government scrutiny can be categorized into info...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Richardson, Chad,
Pisani, Michael J.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2012
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (351 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Culture, Structure, and the South Texas– Northern Mexico Border Economy
  • 2 Underground Economic Activities
  • 3 Informal Economic Activities
  • 4 Informality and Undocumented Workers
  • 5 Informal Cross-Border Trade
  • 6 Border Colonias: Informality in Housing
  • 7 The Informal Health Care Economy (with Dejun Su)
  • 8 Family and Welfare Informality (with Amelia Flores)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Borderlife Survey Research Projects Utilized in This Volume
  • Appendix B: Names of Students Who Contributed Ethnographic Accounts
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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